OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Arid Land is 20. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Formation and ecological response of sand patches in the protection system of Shapotou section of the Baotou-Lanzhou railway, China	69
Erratum to: Soil evolution along an alluvial-loess transect in the Herat Plain, western Afghanistan	56
Hydrochemistry and environmental implications in the western alpine region of China	55
Benefits and ecological restoration implications of hanging grass fences in Mongolian desert steppe	53
Wind dynamic environment and wind-sand erosion and deposition processes on different surfaces along the Dunhuang–Golmud railway, China	46
Soil quality assessment for desertification based on multi-indicators with the best-worst method in a semi-arid ecosystem	38
Trade-off and synergy effects, driving factors, and spatial optimization of ecosystem services in the Wuding River Basin of China: A study based on the Bayesian Belief Network approach	36
Leaf stoichiometry of Leontopodium lentopodioides at high altitudes on the northeastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China	36
Geochemical signatures and human health risk evaluation of rare earth elements in soils and plants of the northeastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China	32
Nutrient resorption and its influencing factors of typical desert plants in different habitats on the northern margin of the Tarim Basin, China	29
Variations of soil moisture and its influencing factors in arid and semi-arid areas, China	28
Impact of land use/land cover types on surface humidity in northern China in the early 21st century	26
Thriving green havens in baking deserts: Plant diversity and species composition of urban plantations in the Sahara Desert	26
Aeolian activity in the southern Gurbantunggut Desert of China during the last 900 years	23
Spatiotemporal variation and driving factors of vegetation net primary productivity in the Guanzhong Plain Urban Agglomeration, China from 2001 to 2020	22
Effects of desert plant communities on soil enzyme activities and soil organic carbon in the proluvial fan in the eastern foothills of the Helan Mountain in Ningxia, China	21
Modeling and analyzing supply-demand relationships of water resources in Xinjiang from a perspective of ecosystem services	21
Host plant traits play a crucial role in shaping the composition of epiphytic microbiota in the arid desert, Northwest China	21
Reasonable grazing may balance the conflict between grassland utilization and soil conservation in the semi-arid hilly areas, China	20
Meteorological drought in semi-arid regions: A case study of Iran	20
Reclamation during oasification is conducive to the accumulation of the soil organic carbon pool in arid land	20